August 24, 2022
Shipping DLT TradeLens Touts Q2 Integrations, but Few New Users
When IBM Blockchain and Maersk created the TradeLens in 2018, the two companies envisioned a world where competing players in every segment of the shipping industry would lay down their...
July 17, 2022
Musk Wants To Block Twitter Request For Expedited Trial
Elon Musk filed a motion on Friday opposing Twitter’s request to fast-track a trial over his plan to terminate his $44 billion deal for the social media firm. Musk’s lawyers, in...
July 17, 2022
South Korea Fines Rail Companies For Cratel Activity
Three train manufacturers have been fined a total of 56.4 billion won ($43 million) for collusion. The companies — Hyundai Rotem, Woojin Industrial Systems and Dawonsys — are the only...
July 13, 2022
Intellectual Property and Transactional Choice: Rethinking the IP/Antitrust Dichotomy
It is common to characterize patents as monopolies. This assumption, which underlies the standard dichotomy between intellectual property and antitrust law, is challenged by evidence that large companies in technology...
July 12, 2022
California Law Threatens Legal Status of 70,000 Truck Drivers
California labor standards are beginning to apply to some 70,000 truck owner-operators, who make up the backbone of state’s transportation business, creating another bottleneck in already strained supply lines. Under...
June 29, 2022
Digital Transformation, Retail and Regulatory Challenges in Mexico
This article explores the impact of the digital transformation in the retail value chain. The integration of digital technology has mined the traditional retail structure, increasing competition by providing consumers...
June 15, 2022
Why Tech Regulators Need to Think Like Google
As many of the world’s largest companies are platform-based technology companies, there has been a growing push worldwide to regulate these companies to address issues arising from economic, political and...
May 27, 2022
Blockchain in Action: TradeLens Connects Shipping, Customs, Trade Financing
If there’s one blockchain project that truly shows what the technology is capable of, it’s TradeLens, which has connected nearly every part of the global shipping industry. Created in 2018...
April 27, 2022
Antitrust and the Infinite, Circular Supply Chain
Supply chains are fundamental to antitrust because no firm can exclude competitors without denying them access to inputs. But this does not mean that antitrust policy can reduce inflation caused...